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  • Ruby

Idiom #28 Sort by a property

Sort the elements of the list (or array-like collection) items in ascending order of x.p, where p is a field of the type Item of the objects in items.

items.sort_by(&:p)
(define-struct item (p x y) #:transparent)
(define items (list (item 1 2 3) (item 0 0 0) (item 5 2 1)))
(sort items < #:key item-p)

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with Ada.Containers.Vectors;
use Ada.Containers;
declare
   function Compare_Function (Left, Right : Item) return Boolean is (Left.P < Right.P);
   
   package Item_Vector_Sorting is new Item_Vectors.Generic_Sorting (Compare_Function);

   use Item_Vector_Sorting;
begin
   Sort (Items);
end;

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